The development of Iiro Rantala (b. 1970) as a jazz thinker has been one of the most astonishing phenomena in the Finnish music world during the last few years. He started his studies by singing with the famous Cantores Minores choir from age seven while taking classical piano lessons. In 1983 he went to the Oulunkylä Pop/Jazz Conservatory and started to take private lessons from the somewhat older young lion Seppo Kantonen. In 1988 Iiro was accepted for the Jazz Department of the Sibelius Academy, which he left in 1990 to spend a couple of years at the Manhattan School on Music in New York City. Even though Iiro is best known for his work with Trio Töykeät, he has also another passion: Argentinan tango. He has been involved with some Finnish top bands, and in 1992 he founded The Tango Kings with Iiro, Gil Golstein, Mark Feldman and Mike Richmond. The Tango Kings deput album was released late 1995 by Big World Records in New York and Iiro has written all the original material for it. Iiro has also played with the Mingus Workshop Big Band in NYC. His other projects include a duo with the upcoming American pianist Dave Kikoski. Iiro has also composed music for several theater and dance productions.
Rami Eskelinen (b. 1967) also strated his studies at the Oulunkylä conservatory in 1982 where he studied until he moved to the Sibelius Academy in 1988. As a member of the Juhlayhtye, Rami Eskelinen won the first prize at the Vary Jazz Contest in Czechoslovakia in 1987; in addition to this, he was chosen the best drummer of the Hoilaart International Jazz contest 1988 in Belgium. Being a versatile drummer, Rami Eskelinen has played with e.g. the Gil Evans Big Band, Espoo Big Band, Miles Evans Band and Lew Soloff Quartet.
	Eerik Siikasaari (b. 1957) was born into a family of jazz musicians and he sounds as if he imbibed the jazz tradition with his mother's milk, if not earlier. Which does not mean that he skipped the Sibelius Academy or the Oulunkylä Conservatory: piano at 6, electric bass at 12, double bass at 16, then Oulunkylä and the Academy. By 1978 Eerik was good enough to visit the Middelheim festival in Belgium with the Jukkis Uotila Quartet. 1980 saw the start of his long associaton with the Seppo "Baron" Paakkunainen group Karelia inspired by Finnish folk music. By the late 80's Eerik Siikasaari had definitely emerged as the number one choice among bassists of his generation. In addition to Trio Töykeät, he has played regularly with major Finnish bands: the Espoo Big Band, Severi Pyysalo Poppoo and Jukka Linkola Quintet, not to mention numerous studio and theater gigs. In November 1995 Eerik received the "Yrjö" award for The Finnish Jazz Musician Of The Year.